Mpumalanga news updates
A 28-year-old Tanzanian man has been arrested by police in Mpumalanga after he was found with drugs worth more than R1 million during festive operations in the province. According to Brigadier Selvy Mohlala, the suspect was arrested on the N17 road, where officials were conducting stop-and-searches that were part Read more…
An unfinished, unopened rehab centre in Mpumalanga has received almost R27-million in funding from the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) since 2016. This is part of R67.5-million in grants that the Southern African Youth Movement (SAYM), the NPO responsible for the project, has received from the NLC. Investigators found a host Read more…
Nelspruit – Police have arrested a 20-year-old man who allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl who knows and trusts him. According to reports, the young teenager’s mother had sent her to a store on 14 December 2022 at about 7:30 PM when the suspect allegedly accompanied her to the store. Read more…
Matriculants in Mpumalanga schools allegedly paid R1500 each to get answers for their final-year examination papers. According to DBE, 1127 learners across the Mpumalanga province reportedly paid about R1500 to get exam answers from teachers and invigilators by joining a WhatsApp group in which answers were circulating during the Read more…
17-year-old twin sisters, Pridge and Prish Mbiza, from Dayiman High School in Gottenburg Village in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, are worried that one may not make it to university next year due to home affairs capturing her identity document incorrectly. During August last year, Home Affairs visited Dayimani High School in Read more…
Former Inkomazi Local Municipality at Malelane Manager, Muzi Daniel Ngwenya, was arrested by the Nelspruit Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation for fraud, theft and contravening the Municipal Finance Management Act on Friday, October 28, 2022. It is said that the 55-year old was arrested following an investigation conducted by Read more…
Mpumalanga – Police have arrested four suspects aged between 17 and 24 after a 41-year-old woman was gang raped by seven men on the evening of October 1st, 2022 in Mhluzi, near Middleburg, at about 23:00. According to reports, the woman had accompanied a relative who had visited the family Read more…
Mpumalanga – A 17-year-old teen was arrested for allegedly raping his 54-year-old aunt on countless occasions in Molapomogale in Kameelpoort near Vaalbank. It is said that the aunt reported this to the police as she could not handle the sexual abuse anymore. She further alleged that her nephew started Read more…
Nelspruit – A 32-year-old jealous boyfriend, Tshepo Johannes Ngakane, was handed down a life sentence at the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court sitting in Delmas for the gruesome murder of his 29-year-old girlfriend, Ntombifuthi Sibeko, and the attempted murder of a 35-year-old man in 2020. It is said that Read more…
Mpumalanga – 31 year old Lunga Matiwane was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of 34 year old Spintjies Jantises at the Kriel Regional Court on Monday, 22 August 2022. It is said that at about 03:40 on the 6th of August 2017 the accused is said Read more…
